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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 201…-201…
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. Phonetics:(10ms) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounce differently from that of the
others.
1. A. honorable B. honesty . C. historic. D. hourly
2. A. chemistry. B. Christmas. C. character. D. challenge
3. A. information. B. calendar. C. location. D. limitation
4. A. geography. B. gentleman. C. garbage. D. general
5. A. influenced. B. closed. C. watched. D. astonished
Choose the words whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
6. A. suspicion. B. prediction. C. neighbour. D. adventure
7. A. favourite. B. edition. C. pollution. D. religion
8. A. successful. B. regional. C. beautiful. D. wonderful
9. A. flashlight. B. typhoon. C. carriage. D. earthquake
10. A. introduce. B. follow. C. translate. D. hurry
II. Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks.(20ms)
11. They … me believe that they had left the district.
A. led. B. made. C. assured. D. confirmed
12. This work needs….by ten today.
A. finish B. finishing. C. to finish D. to have finished
13. Would you mind ….these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard.
A. making B. doing C. giving D. getting
14. You must lend me the money for the trip. …… I won’t be able to go.
A. Consequently B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Although
15. …… of going to the beach, we went up to the mountains.
A. On behalf B. in place C. Instead D. On account
16. The Wilsons were lucky when they… to sale their house so quickly.

III. Identify the mistake in each sentence.(5ms)
31.The earliest references to Jericho so a city date back several thousand years.
A B C D
32.There is not enough room in Zoos to house all the others subspecies that need preserving
A B C D
33. Much unknown plants and animals are disappearing as the tropical forests are destroyed.
A B C D
34.During the bleak winter, food became too scare that starvation and famine were widespread.
A B C D
35.While searching for gold, the Spanish found the Grand Canyon to be an impassably barrier.
A B C D
IV. Read the text. Use the words given in bracket to form a word that fits in the space.(20ms)
Erosion of (36. American)’s America farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers (37.
firstly) first put the prairies and grassland under the plow in the (38. nineteen) nineteenth century. By the
1939s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were (39. damaging) damaged by erosion. After 40 years of
(40. conservationist) conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demand (41. place)
placed on the land by (42. heaviness) heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the (43.
pollutant) pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum (44. scarcely) scarcity as the nation’s
most critical (45. nature) Natural resource problem.
V. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning:(20ms)
46. House prices have risen dramatically this year.
There has been a dramatic rise in house prices this year.
47. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth.
Elizabeth cannot play the piano as well as Helen.
48. The garage is going to repair the car for him next week.
He is going to have his car/ the car repaired next week.
49. John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago.
It is 20 years since John and Mary moved to Edinburgh.
50. “ Where do you come from, John?” Mrs. Smith asked.
Mrs. Smith asked John where he came from.

beautiful afternoon, we were all outside (65) In/ admiring the garden, drinking coffee and catching (66) up
on all the family news. Grandmother, (67) Who was rather deaf, was (68) As usual, telling stories about her
childhood in Manchester, (69) While in the sunshine, laughing children and barking dogs chased each (70)
Other around.
Suddenly, (71) there was a tremendous crash. We all looked round in astonishment, wondering what
on earth had (72) Happened/ occurred Uncle Philip and my father ran into the house, and then my sister
and I (73) Followed There, the most extraordinary sight met our eyes. The sitting-room was (74) In ruins and
the air was thick with dust. Uncle Philip (75) Was standing in the (76) middle/ centre /corner of the room,
holding Tabatha, his cat, who looked terrified. “It’s (77) One of the problems of living in a house as old (78)
as this,” he explained calmly. Meanwhile, outside, Grandmother asked (79) for more coffee and enquired
when the cake (80) Would/could/might be cut.
VIII. Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank(15ms)
The problem of homelessness is an international one. In the capital cities of the world, the (81) sight
of people begging on the stress is becoming increasingly (82) common. But all over the world, homeless
people are taking the future into their own (83) hands By selling “street papers” they no longer to beg for a
(84) living
The concept of the street paper is (85) simple It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless people who buy
it at a (86) fixed price of 30p and sell it to the public for 70p, keeping 40p for themselves. If they have no
money, then they can get the first ten copies on (87) credit and pay for them later. Every paper seller
receives training and is given a special (88) identity badge.
The paper itself (89) contains articles of general and social interest, film and book (90) reviews
cartoons and the (91) occasional celebrity interview. Advertising and sales (92) provide most of the income,
and all profits go (93) back into helping homeless people.
The Big Issue is the street people of the British homeless. It was set up in 1991, and (94) since then it
has helped hundreds of people to get (95) off the street and back into society.
81. A. sight B. vision C. look D. view
82. A. usual B. common C. rare D. routine
83. A. heads B. shoulders C. hands D. mouths
84. A. life B. living C. being D. pay
85. A. easy B. straight C. plain D. simple

waving us on.
96. Having reached the highest point on their route, the travelers expected to be able to
A. track animals to the river. B. put away the maps they have been using.
C. approach the river from a different direction D. get down to the river without much difficulty.
97. The travelers wanted to get to the river because
A. it would lead them to the waterfall B. it would show them which way to go.
C. it was the only possible route out of the mountains. D. it was a quicker route than going over the
mountains.
98. One the reason why the travelers took so long to get to the river was that.
A. it was too hot to move quickly. B. there was no proper path
C. they all tried to go different ways. D. they could not follow the animal track.
99. The travelers were happy when they reached the river because
A. they had a sense of achievement. B. the going was much easier then.
C. they were eager to see the waterfall. D. they knew they were near their destination.
100. To get path the waterfall the guide had to
A. use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge. B. cross the river above the waterfall.
C. slide down a step river bank. D. swing across the river from high branch.
X. Write about the topic (about 200-250 words)(25ms)
What are the causes of violence? What must be done to prevent it?
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